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#1 21 DEC 2008 at 2:00am
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Anyone play this yet? I think there was demo out a while back that had a few issues. I know there is a review here, but as much as I respect my fellow JA reviewers, I don't often see eye-to-eye with Shannon's opinion on some of these games - no offense! :-* Ok, there was a demo...and a preview written...by ME! Crap, I'm getting old and starting to forget things... So anyway, how was the game?
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#2 21 DEC 2008 at 8:32am
Deleted User	Just started it, looks VERY spooky/scary, -very atmospheric. I've got too many games going though, so don't have enough time to play it properly just yet. The movement seems rather similar to the Myst-like slide-show, with animations. Looking forward to playing more of it.

#3 22 DEC 2008 at 5:15pm
shadow9d9 Sorcerer Apprentice Posts : 295 Joined: 17 JUN 2006 Status : Offline	A bit easy and short, but clever and a lot of fun. Disclaimer:&&&&Please do not take my opinions personally. I have strong opinions that may differ harshly with other popular opinions. I also have a rather direct way of expressing them. Keep this in mind when reading and do not get upset!
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#4 22 DEC 2008 at 10:17pm
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By shadow9d9 (22 DEC 2008 5:14pm)* A bit easy and short, but clever and a lot of fun. Really? Shannon's review said 20-30 hours. I couldn't imagine it being that long as none of his other games hit that mark.
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#5 25 DEC 2008 at 7:06am
jalex Schattenjger Posts : 2503 Joined: 5 MAR 2003 Status : Offline	I don't know about others and I havn't played this one yet but if a story is good and sucks me it I will go much slower and enjoy every second of it so the play time is a very hard figure to come up with and will very greatly depending on how they are enjoying the game.
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#6 2 JAN 2009 at 2:24am
dwn_force Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 83 Joined: 26 JUN 2003 Status : Offline	I'm enjoying this one, To me it's a feeling of Myst . I'm not sure why but 7th Guest came to mind. A bit buggy. No major issues though.
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#7 2 JAN 2009 at 2:26am
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Thanks. What kind of bugs? I seem to recall some issues with the playback of the voice acting from the preview. Does that still exist?
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#8 2 JAN 2009 at 11:13pm
dwn_force Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 83 Joined: 26 JUN 2003 Status : Offline	Maybe you wouldn't call them bugs, but when launching the game, it can be sluggish,or tempermental and when you walk away and the game is running when you come back the screen will lock and flicker, and sometimes "ctrl alt del" is your only hope... But if you save often, it's not an issue. Things like that. I really exceed what the specs are, so maybe it's partially the fact that it can still run on 95/98, that causes the glich. But it's nothing that makes me not enjoy the game. I like puzzles that make you find a clue and hurry back to try it out, rather then ripping your hair out.
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#9 2 JAN 2009 at 11:26pm
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Hmmm, I've had games that I've worked on that did something similar, but that was because I was running the debug/dev version. Not sure if William wrote his own engine for these games. I hope they didn't accidentally publish the debug version of the game!
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#10 2 JAN 2009 at 11:57pm
Jenny100 Guild Master Posts : 3510 Joined: 12 OCT 2002 Status : Offline	I've had no problems at all with either of the Last Half of Darkness games, but then my game computer isn't connected to the internet so it doesn't have an antivirus, software firewall, or any other security software on it. Check *here* for some possible issues -- like conflicting codecs -- and their solutions.
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